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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. This richly produced volume documents Sotheby's 220th season (1963-1964), offering a sweeping survey of fine and decorative arts as presented by one of the world's foremost auction houses at mid-century. Ivory Hammer 2 includes authoritative essays by leading scholars and critics - among them Frank Davis, John Rickett, Richard Day, Lord John Kerr, and Wolf Mankowitz - covering Old Master paintings and drawings, Impressionist and Modern art, sculpture, furniture, silver, clocks, arms, manuscripts, and antiquities. The opening literary essay, Portrait of an Incorrigible Collector by Wolf Mankowitz, sets a reflective and slightly satirical tone that complements the scholarly catalog material that follows. The book is visually distinguished by its elegant production: text is printed on cream-toned matte paper, while photographic plates appear on bright white glossy stock, creating a refined contrast throughout. Illustrations are plentiful and well-reproduced, including full-page plates and spreads documenting notable works sold during the season. Design credit goes to Cameron Poulter, with printing executed in Great Britain by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co., lending the volume a distinctly high-quality, transatlantic art-book character. Condition: The book itself is Near Fine - clean, tight, and square, with a strong, unworn spine and no marks, inscriptions, or blemishes. Pages are bright and unmarked throughout. The dust jacket is Very Good, showing visible edge-wear, rubbing, and minor handling wear along folds and extremities, but remains intact and attractive, with all text and imagery fully legible. Edition & Publishing Details: This is the First Edition, published in 1964, as stated on the copyright page. An essential reference for collectors of auction history, art-market studies, and mid-century art publishing, the volume stands as both a documentary record and a handsome object in its own right. Designed by Cameron Poulter, MSIA (ilustrador).…

Soft cover. Condición: New. 202 pages : illustr. ; 24 cm. Contents: Editors' Introduction Michel Hockx and Julia Strauss; Bourgeois Bohemians in China? Neo-Tribes and the Urban Imaginary Jing Wang; Chinese Cinema in the Age of Advertisement: The Filmmaker as a Cultural Broker Yomi Braester; Museums, Memorial Sites, and Exhibitionary Culture in the People's Republic of China Kirk A. Denton; China on the Catwalk: Between Economic Success and Nationalist Anxiety Antonia Finnane; Popular Music and Youth in Urban China: The Dakou Generation Jeroen de Kloet; Reggae on the Silk Road: the Globalization of Uyghur Pop Rachel Harris; Not Quite Karaoke: Poetry in Contemporary China Maghiel van Crevel; Virtual Chinese Culture: A Comparative Case Study of Online Poetry Communities Michel Hockx; Urban Consumer Culture Deborah Davis, Glossary of Chinese Terms; Index. …